Trent Oeltjen - 2016-17 Brisbane Bandits

I don't know what happened at the Sydney Blue Sox during the previous couple of ABL seasons, but there certainly seemed to be a mini-exodus of established Blue Sox players who have fitted in nicely with other ABL teams. One of these was former MLB player Trent Oeltjen, who made his way onto the Brisbane Bandits roster for the 2016-17 ABL season, having previously played on and off for the Blue Sox since the 2010-11 ABL season.

2016-17 Brisbane Bandits Trent Oeltjen card front - ©2017 Adam East

Sydney Checklist - 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox

Finally. My last card design to be posted up from the 2013-14 ABL season, and it's the checklist for the Sydney Blue Sox. The rest of my upcoming posts are all going to be card designs from the 2014-15 ABl season which is currently underway.

2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox Checklist card - ©2014 Adam East

Trent Oeltjen - 2014-15 Sydney Blue Sox

Mr Smiley is back. I've never seen a player who smiles as much as Oeltjen ... it would be nice if more people were like that :)

Former Aussie MLB player Oeltjen is back with the Sydney Blue Sox for the 2014-15 ABL season, his 3rd in the ABL. He spent 2014 in two short stints - one with the Toros de Tijuana in the Mexican League, followed by a couple of months with the Reno Aces, the Arizona Diamondbacks Triple-A level affiliate.

2014-15 Sydney Blue Sox Trent Oeltjen card front - ©2014 Adam East

Trent Oeltjen - 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox

Former Australian MLB player Oeltjen made a a cameo appearance for the Blue Sox during the 2013-14 ABL season, playing 13 games following his release by the Anaheim Angels. This was actually his second appearance in the ABL, having played 2 games for Sydney in the inaugural 2010-11 ABL season.

Oeltjen played 99 games of MLB baseball between 2009 and 2011 with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers and has 13 years of experience playing in the minors. In 2013 he played for the Salt Lake Bees, the Anaheim Angels' Triple A affiliate before being released.

His two cameos in the ABL couldn't have been more different. In 2010-11 he failed to get a hit in either of his two games. In 2013-14 he batted .465 in his 13 game stint.

2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox Trent Oeltjen card front - © 2014 Adam East

Dingo 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox - Series Two Checklist

Here is the checklist for series two of the 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox cards released by Dingo Cards on the 1st December 2013.

Dingo 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox  Series Two Header/Checklist Card - front

Dingo 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox  Series Two Header/Checklist Card - back

Here are the ten cards that make up Dingo's 2013-14 Sydney Blue Sox Series Two set of cards:

Card Number: Player: (Nationality, current or past MLB affiliation)
073 Aaron Sookee  (Australia, played 3 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels organisation between 2010 - 2012.)
074 Jacob Younis (Australia, played 2 seasons with the Minnesota Twins organisation between 2011 - 2012)
075 Jacob May (USA, played in Chicago White Sox organisation in 2013)
076 Joey DeMichele (USA, played in Chicago White Sox organisation in 2013)
077 Daniel Arribas (USA, played in Pittsburgh Pirates organisation in 2013)
078 Trent Oeltjen (Australia, former MLB player)
079 Keon Broxton (USA, played in Arizona Diamondbacks organisation in 2013)
080 Connor Whalen (USA, played 2 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers organisation between 2011 - 2012)
unnumbered - Header / Checklist Card
unnumbered -  Dingo advert on front / Release Schedule for Sydney Blue Sox card sets on back

An important note - if you have a copy of card 73 featuring Boss Moanaroa, rather than Aaron Sookee, then the Moanaroa card has come from the Nachos to Go promotional packs. Moanaroa was in the cards created for the promotional inserts, but was replaced with Sookee's card in the team sets when Moanaroa failed to make the Sydney roster for this season.

Inaugural COMC Motherload - Part 5 - Oeltjen & Huber

This is part five of my attempt to document my initial large load of cards ordered from COMC. This batch includes two Australian  players - Trent Oeltjen and Justin Huber. Huber played 72 MLB games between 2005 and 2009 with the Royals, Padres and Twins. Oeltjen played 99 MLB games with the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers between 2009 and 2011.

Three patch cards in this lot. My Card of the Buy™ goes to the Oeltjen 2006 Bowman Draft Future's Game Prospect card - I like the simple green & black design, and the fact it's a memorabilia card as well. I do quite like the design of the Huber Upper Dck Star Attractions card as well, although it's screaming out to have a patch where the Royals logo is.

Trent Oeltjen 2006 Bowman Draft Future's Game Prospects Relics 20

Trent Oeltjen 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft BDP5

Trent Oeltjen 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft blue Refractor BDP5 #d/99

Justin Huber 2002 Bowman Chrome Draft 152

Justin Huber 2003 Bowman Draft Fabric of the Future Jersey relics 139

Justin Huber 2005 Bowman Chrome Draft Refractor 156

Justin Huber 2006 Bazooka Rewind Relics JH

Justin Huber 2006 Upper Deck Star Attractions JU